. The heart and the aorta; studies in clinical radiology . Fig. 74 Fig. Fig. 74. AOETIC INSUFFICIENCY WITH DILATATION OF THEAORTA AT ITS POINT OF ORIGIN. MAN 53 YEARS OF AGE Fig. 75. SAME PATIENT IN RIGHT ANTERIOR OBLIQUE POSI-TION AT 45 DEGREES. THE CALIBER OF THE AORTA IS LARGERAT THE ORIGIN THAN AT THE LEVEL OF THE ARCH origin from the valvular ring to the level of the archwhere it resumes its normal caliber. On the right itprojects over the sternum, and at this point (at the levelof the arrow) the aortic shadow shows very ample pul-sations. In the right anterior oblique position (Fig, 75),
. The heart and the aorta; studies in clinical radiology . Fig. 74 Fig. Fig. 74. AOETIC INSUFFICIENCY WITH DILATATION OF THEAORTA AT ITS POINT OF ORIGIN. MAN 53 YEARS OF AGE Fig. 75. SAME PATIENT IN RIGHT ANTERIOR OBLIQUE POSI-TION AT 45 DEGREES. THE CALIBER OF THE AORTA IS LARGERAT THE ORIGIN THAN AT THE LEVEL OF THE ARCH origin from the valvular ring to the level of the archwhere it resumes its normal caliber. On the right itprojects over the sternum, and at this point (at the levelof the arrow) the aortic shadow shows very ample pul-sations. In the right anterior oblique position (Fig, 75), theaortic shadow assumes the form of a cone, the largestpart of which corresponds to the base of the heart. The conclusion from the examination of these twofigures is that there was aortic insufficiency, as ausculta-tion indicated, but that this lesion was, so to speak, onlyan epiphenomenon occurring in the course of aortitis. In the following case (Fig. 76), the clinical and radio- 110 THE HEART AND THE AORTA scopic signs were still more emphasized. A
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